Germany, Kriegsmarine. A High Seas Fleet Badge, by Schwerin
(Flottenkriegsabzeichen). Constructed of gilded and silvered tombak, the obverse depicts a frontal battleship cutting through waves, within an oval oak leaf wreath, topped by Kriegsmarine-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical banjo-style pinback meeting a round wire catch, marked with designer “Adolf Bock” and manufacturer “Schwerin, Berlin”, measuring 43.92 mm (w) x 56.93 (h), weighing 32.9 grams, a second variation example, in extremely fine condition.

